 By Robert Hill from the May 2012 Edition A few months ago Reyna Garcia was appointed by the Governor and Mayor as the new Director of Cruz Roja (Red Cross) for Manzanillo. We all know her as the friendly waitress at Juanito´s restaurant where she has worked for the past 30 years for her sister […]
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By Robert Hill from the December 2011 Edition The State Delegado for Cruz Roja (Red Cross) and El Presidente Municipal, Nabor Ochoa, announced in September that Reyna Garcia has been named the new Director of the Red Cross in Manzanillo, replacing an American named Bonnie Sumlin, who was terminated. Reyna met with the Board of […]
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By Robert Hill from the December 2011 Edition Renewing IMSS IMSS has really streamlined the process for renewing your health insurance. The only thing they want to see is your plastic ID card and, not counting the time it took to walk to the bank and back (to pay), I did not spend more than […]
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By Robert Hill from the October 2011 Edition I just returned from the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara where I renewed my Passport for another 10 years, following is a summary of my experience. I first went online to www.travel.state.gov for general information, then to the Guadalajara Consulate office at http://guadalajara.usconsulate.gov/ There I found the site […]
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By Robert Hill from the September 2011 Edition (23Aug11) Finally, some positive press from the US. This is from Sunday’s edition of the San Francisco Chronicle. The article leads off with this: “Quick !!- Which national capital has the higher murder rate: Mexico City or Washington, D.C.? If you answered Mexico City, you’d be in […]
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By Robert Hill from the August 2011 Edition Getting a Mexican driver’s license was one of the most delightful experiences I have had in Manzanillo, but this was 10 years ago when things were a good deal more Mexican than they are now, and a lot more fun. In those days the Transportation Department was […]
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By Robert Hill from the July 2011 Edition Humberto and Lupita are two of the wonderful friends I have met here in Manzanillo over the past 10 years. They were having a birthday party for Lupita at their beautiful home recently, and I was invited. I found myself seated next to Lupita´s father, a kindly […]
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By Robert Hill from the June 2011 Edition Many foreigners living in Mexico are unaware that a very strong and effective consumer protection agency exits here, called PROFECO (Procuraduria Federal Del Consumidor). It is a federal office which has offices in most principal cities throughout the Republic. The Subdelegado in Manzanillo is Victor Manuel Granados, […]
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By Robert Hill from the May 2011 Edition I love Italian food, and over the years have learned to make a pretty decent spaghetti sauce from scratch, with the right blending of beef, pork, onions, tomatoes, garlic, basil, etc.. I even have an Italian pasta machine to make a variety of pasta shapes from the semolina […]
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By Robert Hill from the March 2011 Edition 126 Expats had fun yesterday as guests of the Mexican Navy, aboard their ship Manuel Doblado PO 104. Each paid $500 Pesos (about US $ 42.) for the event which raised roughly US $5,000 for the Naval Hospital Auxilliary in Manzanillo. The crew had rigged a large […]
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